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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Mar 5;211(3):253.e1–253.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.02.033

Table 4.

First trimester ultrasound variables as predictors of SGA5

Not SGA (N=550) SGA (N=28) P-valuea Unadjusted AUC (95%CI) Adjusted AUCb (95%CI) P-valuec
PV, cc 69.3 (22) 52.6 (16) <0.001 0.725 (0.636–0.814) 0.793 (0.723–0.862) 0.02
PQ 0.78 (0.2) 0.6 (0.2) <0.001 0.733 (0.646–0.820) 0.797 (0.728–0.866) 0.02
MPD, cm 11.4 (1.6) 10.2 (1.7) 0.001 0.688 (0.589–0.784) 0.784 (0.716–0.852) 0.04
PMI 15.3 (3.0) 17.9 (3.6) <0.001 0.724 (0.635–0.814) 0.776 (0.698–0.853) 0.03
MCD, cm 8.3 (1.0) 7.4 (0.8) <0.001 0.734 (0.652–0.816) 0.804 (0.734–0.874) 0.003
Mean PI 1.46 (0.5) 1.62 (0.6) 0.14 0.598 (0.487–0.708) 0.717 (0.628–0.807) 0.28

SGA5- birthweight <5th%ile; AUC- area under the curve; PV- placental volume; PQ- placental quotient; MPD- mean placental diameter; PMI- placental morphology index (MPD/PQ); MCD- mean chorionic diameter; PI- pulsatility index (uterine artery Doppler)

a

T-test;

b

Adjusted for race and tobacco;

c

P-value comparing the AUC for clinical model (0.686) to the adjusted model using clinical factors plus the ultrasound variable